I have a child with very high sensory needs…and boy, can that be an issue during the holidays. We are on-the-go, shopping, partying, wrapping, cooking, and a lot of riding in the car for Miss Rosalie. She needs to get her hands into something that gives her a lot of sensory input. If I don’t […]

What’s the Christmas season without a little pink-eye? That’s what I woke up to this morning. If you can really call it “waking” after I spent the night getting coughed on and kicked in the back. My husband sleepily groaned “She’s like an octopus with hammers for hands.” Yes, we had a little visitor with […]

Queen Esther’s Beauty Shop Today we are doing some social-emotional and sensory play! It has been such a long day getting five children to their various parties and obligations. My 8-year-old decided that we should set up a beauty shop while we had our devotions so that I could relax, and Rosie could brush my […]

The story of Elijah’s faith is one of the coolest in the Bible. Can you imagine being there when Elijah prayed to God, asking Him to send fire (on wet wood) so that everyone would know that He is the ONE, true God? I am sure there were more than a few fist pumps going […]

Preschoolers love playing with light. Light provides a new dimension to play, and is a wonderful sensory component to add to activities. Today we are talking about the prophecy in Isaiah: The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, A light will […]

People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. – 1 Samuel 16:7 Today’s advent devotional is about Samuel choosing king David. We are going to talk with our preschoolers about hidden things today! Slice some apples so that you can see the star inside, and point it out to your children. […]

Today we are going to work on some social-emotional play with our preschoolers, and throw in some fine-motor skills as well. Since agriculture and wheat are talked about in the story of Ruth and Boaz, we are going to grow some crops. You can do this several ways. You can fill a sensory bin with potting […]

Letting preschoolers explore different artistic mediums and implements is a valuable part of a young child’s education. It develops motor coordination, and it integrates other things that you are teaching them. Children become more aware of shape and line in everyday objects (mathematics), they notice changes as paint gets lighter or darker when it dries, […]

Sometimes parenting preschoolers can really make you understand what we put God through. Complete and overwhelming love and devotion coexisting with head-slapping frustration at our inability to follow even the simple rules. Rules made out of love, out of desire to keep us whole-hearted and safe. Of course, God is infinitely patient and doesn’t sin as he […]

Today’s Unwrapping the Greatest Gift lesson is one of my favorites. Gifts. Unexpected Gifts. Even as a grown woman I get excited over unexpected gifts. Especially when I have been in a season of sadness, disappointment, or confusion. Those are the times the unexpected gifts are the sweetest. I wonder if that is how Joseph […]